APSY2216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Simple Random Sample, Random Number Table, Zip Code

• School: Boston College
• Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
• Course: APSY2216
• Professor: Thomson

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Research plan drafts are due friday on canvas. You can sign up for wednesday office hours on canvas or just drop by. Exam in two weeks: wednesday, february 22. First of two times you"ll turn in this assignment - just a draft. Reviewed the literature to find out what is known about the problem. Determine the best method for studying what is not known. Sample - any group on which information is obtained. Analyze and interpret data obtained through the method. Should be representative of the population based on key characteristics (ex: gender, ethnicity, etc. ) Sampling - the process of selecting a number of individuals from a population, preferably in a way. Non-random sampling - not every member of the entire population has an equal chance of being selected can be biased. Systematic sampling - obtained by selecting every nth name in the population such that the individuals are representative of the larger group from which they were selected.